Nullary

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nullary
       
           A description of an {operator} or {function}
          which takes no {arguments}, e.g. a function that returns the
          current time.
       


          "Nullary" is part of the {unary}, {binary}, {ternary}
          sequence, and is more common than its synonym {niladic}.
       
          (2001-02-25)